I’ve joined a photography group in Scottsdale. I’ve only attended one meeting so far but I was immediately impressed with the skills of the photographers, the quality of work they produce and the opportunity for me to learn. Right away my “comfort zone” is being tested with my first assignment, Street Photography. This is a genre that…
Category: Street Scenes
Reykjavik
The first stop on our trip to France was Iceland, where we landed at Keflavik, the country’s major airport, 45 minutes from its capital city, Reykjavik. Reykjavik is a small city of 120,000 inhabitants and by far the largest community in Iceland, population 335,000. Reykjavik is located at latitude 64 deg N, about the same as…
Cave Creek, AZ
Cave Creek is a small town in Arizona, located in the Sonoran Desert, on the northern border of Scottsdale, 27 miles (45 km) northeast of Phoenix. It’s proud of it’s western heritage and has a very “old west” look and character. Cave Creek, established as a gold mining town and stopping point for the U.S. Cavalry…
Canmore Winter Day
It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted anything on this blog. Since returning home to Canmore, I’ve devoted most of my attention to some eye surgery. I’ve had cataracts removed from each eye and new lens implanted. Not very gruelling but I do have to take it easy until the eyes are completely healed….
Savannah
In the course of a recent visit to Florida, we took a day trip to Savannah, Georgia, about two hours north of where we were staying near Jacksonville. Savannah is the oldest city in the state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Savannah’s…